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Treaty Elm

Date: 1900
Description: A giant specimen of Ulmus americana, captioned "Old Council Tree," standing along the Fox river. Houses are along the far shoreline; a wooden fence ...
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Slippery Elm

Date: 04 1965
Description: A spreading specimen of Ulmus rubra dwarfs a small house in the background. This tree, with a trunk circumference of 16 feet 5 inches, was the subje...
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Tea Circle Oaks

Date: 1959
Description: A large, spreading oak tree shading stone stairs in the courtyard of Frank Lloyd Wright's home, Taliesin. A large bronze bell is hanging from the lowest li...
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Tea Circle Oak

Date: 1965
Description: A dusting of snow highlights the structure of a spreading oak in the courtyard of Frank Lloyd Wright's home, Taliesin, seen in the background. A large bron...
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Dunbar Oak Marker

Date: 1982
Description: A historical marker mounted on a metal post tells the story of Col. Richard Dunbar discovering, in 1866, the healing properties of water from a nearby spri...
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Dean Oak

Date: 1955
Description: A very large white oak tree standing along County Trunk Highway S dwarfs a utility pole nearby. There is a barn across a field in the far background. The t...
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Trail Marker Tree

Date: 01 1965
Description: Phil Sander (1906-2006), noted Kenosha conservationist and environmentalist, posing next to a "trail tree" which has two right-angled curves in its trunk. ...
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White Pine

Date: 1980
Description: Two unidentified men, each standing with one hand resting against the enormous trunk of a mature white pine and looking upward. There are other trees in th...

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